The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
Washington Gossip.
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Warrington Gossip.
UNION VETERANS.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Union
Veterans union tonight elected II. A.
Dillon, Of Washington, to be commander
in chief for the ensuing year; VIM.
G GsSs, of Cleveland s'H4 to be ob Major
OF Newark, N. j., brigadier general; G..
8. Ayres OF Maine, chaplain in chief; H.
A. Cheever Of Chelsed, Mass, surgeon
general; VIM. w. White of Washington,
G. p. Burch of Ohio, p. H. Coney OF
Kansas, j. J. Brown OF New York, and
Ed. Hughes of Massachusetts, were
mittee.
"OFFENSIVE PARTIsANS"
In relation to thR nomination of Frank
z. Motto to be postmaster at Odebolt,
Iowa, in place OF Il. r. Bennett, suspend
ed. The postoffice committee reports
that nothing appears in the papers in
juriouslY rejecting upon the personal or
official character and conduct Of the sus-
pended officer, whose suspension WAS
undoubtedly induced by political consid-
CREATIONS. In relation TO the nomination
Of Samn. l.. Harvey, to be postmaster at
Oenterville. Iowa, vice Euge @. Haines,
the pOsto flee committee says the sus-
pended offlcer is a disabled soldier, hAv-
ing lost an arm in the service OF the coun-
try. He was an eff ;ient postmaster and
gave great satisfaction to the patrons Of
his office. There are NO charges and his
suspension was purely partisan, land In
violation of the law giving disabled SOL
oilers preference in appointments 10 civil
oAces," but he informed the committee
that he did not desire to resist the CON-
firmation OF his successor, hence the
nominee Is fAvorably reported.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
PostmAsters.-C. G.. Moore, PleasAn-
ton, Kas. Jno. }. Pastor, New KiowA,
kans. s. 8. Jack, Decatur; B. S. Cline,
ColdwAter, KaDs.; w. w. Dell, Cinlar-
ron, Kans. L. w. Lee, Neodesha; G.. 81.
Titcomb, Waterville, KAns. w. II. Gill
lespie, Dayton, o.; j. 9. Riley, Cincin-
w. Ross, Of Ills, recorder OF the general
land office; G. NJ Sawyer, register of
the land office at Spring field, Mo. COL
lectors Of internal revenues. II. Cal
houn, district of Neb.; j. P. AcGToty,
for New Mexico; j. b. Caldwell, Of In
diana, deputy second auditor Of the
t5 Snnecsi.u chief f. e MS6i1sa'
the civil service commission; F. A.
Reed, assistant solicitor of the treasury,
w. L. M7gennes, chief Justice of the
supreme court of Wyoming; United
States district attorney, w. B. Burnett,
southern district OF Ohio; United States
marshal, L. M. Lamar, southern dis trict
OF Georgia; ORey Csrstarpher, surveyor
Kentucky, governor of Montana.
SORGHUM sNUBBED.
The agricultural appropriation bill as
presented by the committee, leAvea out
the item for sorghum experiments.
PROTEST FROM IDAHO.
Senator Sherman, president pro tenn,
to-day laid before the senate q memorial
from the legislative assembly OF Idaho
protesting against any proposition to sew
er any portion Of Idaho with a view of
attaching or annexing the severed por-
| ton to any other state or territory.
ANOTHER BOND CALL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-It is expected
that another call for per cent bonds
willlbe Issued in few days.
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
The national board of trade met in its
third-days' session this morning, and
after its rejection of a resolution favor
| ing government aid in the Improvement
Of the Columbia, Oregon, river, adopted
| resolutions fAvorinK suppression by the
government of contagious diseases
| among cattle, advocating the repeal Of
so much of the Bland law as provides for
the arbitrary purchase of bullion and the
coinage of silver dollars, and fAvorinR q
uniform system Of bi-metalism. ResO-
buttons were also adopted, asking con-
1ress to consider at an early day the
feasibility and practicability Of convert
ing 81 zoo, DOC, GOO of the present bonded
debt into long term bonds at per cent
with q view TO the use OF them as security
| for national bank Issues, government
deposits and other forms or trust. Res
olutions favoIing the immediate defense
| OF our coast and harborS, were adopted,
as was also one favoring reciprocity
treaties with Canada and the republics Of
Mexico and San Domingo.
VOTE ON THE INTERSTATE BILL.
The following Is the detailed vote on
the adoption of the conference report on
the interstate commerce bill:
Yeas-Adams, OF ILLINOIS, Adams, OF
New York, Allen, of Mississippi, Ander-
son, OF Kansas, Brady, Brown, OF Ohio,
Burnnell, Cabeli, Campbell, OF Pennsyl-
vAnia, Calchings, Compton, Cooker,
Banter, BAllentine, Barbour, Barksdale,
Barnes, Barry, Breckenridge, Of Arkan-
sas, Brown # Pennsylvania, BynAm,
Caldwell, Cannon, Clements, Comstock,
Combs. Bavne, Belmont, Bennett,
blanchard, Blount, Bound, Breckenridge,
K KsI o,i Buck Eslix oA% I3
Conger, Cox, North Carolina,
Crane, Crisp, Crox' on, Culberson, Cur
tin, CutcheoD, Daniel, Davidson Of Flor
ida, Daweson, Dingley, Dockery, Dorsey
DouRhter, Durham, Dunn, Eden, Ed
ridge, Elsberry, EverhGrt, FArequhAr
Fisher, Fleger, ForAn, Fuller, Funston
GaIlinger, Geddes, Gibson of Maryland
Glover, GOff, Grout, Green, Hale, Hall
Hslsel, Hammond, Harmer. Harris
Hatch, Hsines, Heard, Hemphill
Henderson of Iowa, Henderson o.
Illinois, Henderson OF North Carolina
Henly, Hepburn, Herbert, Herman
Hieeland, Hires, Hill, Holman, Homes
Hopkins, Howard, Hudd, Irion. John
ston OF Indiana: Johnston of Nortl
Carolina; Jones OF Alabama; Jones O
; Texas; Lafon, La Toilette, Landes, Ian
ham, Lawler, Lefewie, Lehback, Lind
ley, Little, Lore, LouthItt, Lowering
Lowry, Lyman, Mahonsy, Matson, Nc
Adoo, McComas, McCreary, Mckinley
. Mcmillan, McCrea, MiIlar, Miliken
Mills, Mcffatt, Morrill,, Morrison, Miller
} Murphy, Neal, Neil, Nelson
, Norwood. O'Donnell, O'FereIl. Os
borne, Cultivate, Owen, Parker
. PAyson, Peel, Perkins. Perry, Peters
Petthone, Phelps, Pierce, Plumb, Ran